Even Better Than The Real Thing (track)
by U2

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Even Better Than The Real Thing by U2
Year: 1991
From the album Achtung Baby (track #2)

Average Rating: 

83/100 (from 359 votes)

     

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Even Better Than The Real Thing appears on the following album(s) by U2:

• Achtung Baby (track #2) (this album) (1991)
• Zoo TV Live (track #4) (2006)
• The Best Of 1990-2000 (track #1) (compilation) (2002)
• U22: A 22 Track Live Collection From U2360 (track #1) (2012)
• Camelot Poems (track #5) (1994)

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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 83.2/100, a mean average of 82.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.9.

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From Squonk007 03/10/2025 14:21 | #307960

A nice groove behind the guitar.

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80/100

From guilhermesoi 01/14/2018 13:57 | #205466

This song is awesome live. In all the tours

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From LordMark 05/04/2016 00:01 | #165139

A feel-good pop song.

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80/100

From pannkakesangen 08/12/2014 15:14 | #119309

this is a catchy song i can dig

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From Precedent 12/03/2013 15:11 | #96222

Good song!

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From JMan 07/12/2013 22:45 | #81288

I love the psychedelic style! So much like Jefferson Airplane!

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